CREATE Mixed Media Retreat is coming to Irvine, CA again this year.  I will be taking Chris Cozen's workshop - Drawing on Paint on Friday, May 31st from 6pm-9pm as well as her full-day workshop - More is Hidden Than Revealed:  Deeply Layered Collage on Saturday, June 1st from 9am-4pm

I hope to see you at the retreat!  Oh, and there's an Artists' Faire Friday, May 31st as well.  Always fun!

Journal - Part Deux

Well I started - and completed - sewing the signatures into my handmade fabric journal today.  Here are the pages with the journal opened fully . . .

After sewing in the signatures, I decided to add some beads to some of the waxed linen tails.  Here they are on the spine with the journal closed . . .

And here's the back side of the closed journal . . .

Now my new Remains of the Day journal is ready to start journaling in!  What a fun on-line workshop this was.  I can hardly wait to make more of these.


If you'd like to see some of the papers I used inside, go to the previous post.
Thank you for stopping by today and leaving your comments.  xo sherry

Yes, I'm Actually Blogging Today!

I tell you, I've been so busy enjoying life when I'm not at "the day job" that I haven't even had time to sit down and write a blog post!  I've been finding it faster to just do a quick post on my Facebook page every few days or post my latest journal page on the Art Journaling for Women FB group I belong to.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

My friend Mary Valleau told me I needed to get back to blogging.  Easy for HER to say, now that she's retired from HER "day job"!  *smiles*


Anyway, I won't fill you in on EVERYthing I've been up to since my last blog post, but I DID want to tell you about an on-line workshop I was gifted by my friend Nancy Lynn.  The workshop is all about making a journal called Remains of the Day.  You can learn more about it and/or sign up for the workshop by clicking on the link.  The instructor, Mary Ann Moss is great and a lot of fun!

pages

more pages

I've got to tell you though, I started this journal around noon today and didn't put it down until 8:30 tonight!  I still have a few more steps to complete, but here's a peek at what I've done so far . . .

5 signatures

closed but empty (until tomorrow!)

Ok, so since I haven't completed my handmade journal, I guess you'll be seeing me back here as soon as I finish.  It's almost 11pm so I'm going to call it a nite.  Hugs & Kisses - sherry

Vintage Book Page Necklace

This is my latest vintage book page necklace:

I created this necklace by punching out lots and lots of 2" circles from the book pages.

Then I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch a center hole in the circles.

Using LuminArte Radiant rain Shimmering Mists in Teal Zircon and Sea Foam, I spread the circles out on a Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet and randomly sprayed them with the Shimmering Mists and let them dry in the warm, California sun out on my deck.


Once dried, I strung the little 2" circles onto one of Susan Lenart Kazmer's industrial CHIC necklace blanks


Here's the first one I made . . .

What are YOU working on these days?

Art Abandonment - My First

I recently joined an artist on-line FaceBook group started by Michael deMeng called ART ABANDONMENT.

Yesterday evening I secretly placed a piece of my 2009 artwork on canvas at a "resting station" along a bike trail that runs along the El Toro side of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.  I snapped a couple of photos and quickly made my escape before anyone saw me :)

The attachment you see taped in the upper right hand corner reads: 
"This is a handmade item I created that I am secretly placing here.  If you have found it, it was meant for YOU!  I am a member of a group of artists on FaceBook called Art Abandonment, and we just want to share a little piece of what we love to do - CREATE ART!  I have attached a card with my contact information.  Won't you drop me a line and le me know how finding this made you feel?  Have an art-filled day today!"


If you would like to learn more about our group and maybe even join in on the fun, check out Michael's video here:

This is fun. I'm definitely going to be doing this again real soon!

Etching Cuffs

I've gotten a little hooked on etching cuffs the past couple of weeks since I took a class at CREATE in Irvine, CA with Kristen Robinson.


This one reads "Embrace Imperfection":

I used one of Tim Holtz rubber stamps to create this etched copper cuff.  The stamp is from the Spills and Splatters collection. 


And the one below was created using the Stuff to Say Tim Holtz collection.  I had to take two photos to get all of the words in the picture . . .

"Experience is not what happens to you, it's what you do with what happens to you".


And the cuff below is one I hammered and metal stamped the word "Journey" on . . .

I'm having sooooo much fun with these!